Criminal Procedure Code of the Kyrgyz Republic - Legislationline

The representatives of legal entities, political parties, professional unions, remedial and
other public associations may be admitted as public representatives of an accused.
“Relatives” – persons related to each other, having common ancestors, spouses and
parents of a spouse.
“Close relatives”—parents, spouse, children, parents by adoption, adopted children, own
brothers and sisters, grandfathers, grandmothers, grandchildren.
“Criminal case” – individual proceeding conducted by investigating agency and court on
one or several crimes committed (supposedly committed).
“Case procedure” – body of proceedings and decisions, taken on concrete criminal case
in the course of its initiation, investigation, hearing and serving of a sentence (service).
“Case materials” – documents and items, being constituent part of the case or presented
to be included in it; messages, documents and items, which may help in establishing
circumstances of the case.
“Proceedings” – actions, undertaken in the course of criminal procedure as provided by
this Code;
“Transcript of proceedings”—procedural document describing each proceeding taken by
the agency conducting the criminal procedure.
“Procedural decisions” – formal documents of application of procedural criminal law,
made by agencies conducting criminal procedure, within the limits of their competence, and
verdicts, resolutions, conclusions, petitions, sanctions presented in the form provided by this
Code.
“Resolution”—decision of an investigator, prosecutor, personal decision of a judge other
than a verdict, made in the course of criminal proceedings on a case; decision of the Supreme
Court of the Kyrgyz Republic.
“Personal ruling”— decision made by a court which brings violations of laws, reasons
and circumstances assisting the commission of crimes to the attention of state agencies and
demands certain measures to be taken.
“Verdict”—decision of a court of primary jurisdiction, appellate jurisdiction rendered
during the trial on a criminal case which determines whether the defendant is guilty and, if
so, establishes the penalty, or not guilty.
“Ruling”—any decision other than verdict made at the trial by appellate instance of a
court.
“Sanction (Warrant)” – document of prosecutor’s approval of procedural decision, made
by the agency of investigation.
“Explanation” – verbal or written arguments brought forward by participants of the
procedure and applicants to justify one’s claim, or the claim of a person one presents.
“Appeal” – petition of an accused, justified, defender, victim and his representative, civil
claimant and civil defendant or their representatives against the court decisions.
“Petition”—petition of a prosecutor against decisions of a court.
“Personal complaint”—petition file by one of participants of the proceedings, except
prosecutor, against the resolution of the judge.
“Personal petition”—petition of a prosecutor against the resolution of a judge.
“Motion” – request of a party or the applicant, towards the agency, which conducts the
criminal proceedings.
“Scientific and technological facilities” – devices, special facilities, materials legally used
to discover, withdraw, and investigate identifying evidences.